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Updated 2025-04-22 22:30
Windows 3.1 saves the day during CrowdStrike outage — Southwest Airlines scrapes by with archaic OS
Southwest Airlines was able to keep operating even when all other airlines were crippled by the CrowdStrike update because their systems use Windows 3.1, a 32-year-old operating system that no longer receives updates.
12-core Zen 5 CPU beat Intel's 20-core chip and Apple's M3 Max in PassMark — Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 glides past the Core i7-14700HX and M3 Max
AMD's Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 has debuted in PassMark. It features the same performance as Apple's M3 Max processors and outperforms some of Intel's Core i7 Raptor Lake Refresh HX-series CPUs.
How to 3D Print QR Codes
Creating and 3D printing QR codes is a satisfying experience. Learn how you can generate and prepare it for 3D printing in this guide.
39 million motherboards expected to be sold in 2024 — shipments recover to pre-pandemic levels
Asus, Gigabyte, MSI, and ASRock expect to sell 38.8 million motherboards in 2024, surpassing the 2019 record of 37.6 million units.
DARPA invests $1.4 billion to build multi-chiplet 3D processors for military and civilian applications
U.S. Department of Defense and Texas Legislature to spend $1.4 billion on building ultra-advanced multi-chiplet designs .
Neural network learns to make maps with Minecraft — code available on GitHub
Neural networks are taught to create cognitive spatial maps of environments using Minecraft and predictive coding.
Levelplay Combat Air CA4 CPU Cooler Review: Quietly delivering essential performance
We're checking out a new cooling brand, LevelPlay, and testing its entry-level Combat Air CA4 CPU Cooler.
Nvidia GPU partners reportedly cheap out on thermal paste, causing 100C hotspot temperatures — cheap paste allegedly degrades in a few months
Nvidia's AIB partners reportedly use dirt-cheap thermal paste that dries out in just a few months, causing many RTX 40-series graphics cards to overheat.
LAPD warns residents after spike in burglaries using Wi-Fi jammers that disable security cameras, smart doorbells
Wi-Fi jammers are being used to aid in committing home robberies
WD Blue SN5000 4TB SSD review: Western Digital launches a 4TB mainstream drive
The WD Blue SN5000 doesn't bring anything new to the table, except at 4TB where it's using new BiCS6 QLC flash. At that capacity it has the potential to be a popular budget or entry-level SSD, though we'll need to see where prices eventually land.
New massive PC liquid cooling radiator weighs over 35lbs, holds nine 200mm fans — MO-RA IV 600 costs close to $600
Watercool introduces the MO-RA IV 200, 400, and 600 radiators, which can accommodate two, four, and nine 200mm fans for the ultimate cooling capacity.
NZXT C1500 Platinum Power Supply Review
The NZXT C1500 Platinum PSU offers top-tier performance and efficiency, ideal for extreme setups.
This Raspberry Pi DinkyDash family dashboard helps track chores, birthdays, and more
Caspar von Wrede has created a Raspberry Pi dashboard for his family that keeps track of chores, events, birthdays and more.
Save $700 off Alienware's massive, RTX 4090-powered m18 R2 gaming laptop
You can save $700 off the MSRP price of this over-the-top gaming laptop from Dell. The Alienware m18 R2 boasts Nvidia's most powerful GPU and Intel's most powerful CPU, a giant 18-inch screen, and a mechanical keyboard.
TSMC establishes new Foundry 2.0 paradigm — could help address regulatory concerns of a monopoly
TSMC takes a page from Intel's IDM 2.0, proclaims itself a Foundry 2.0 company.
CrowdStrike's market cap plunges $12.5 billion in wake of global outage
CrowdStrike shares open 15% down after a 24-hour nightmare slowly comes to a close.
AMD Anti-Lag steps out of its comfort zone — tech arrives on Vulkan 1.3.291, bringing Anti-Lag benefits outside of DirectX for the first time
The Vulkan API gets an AMD Anti-Lag addition.
Huawei sues MediaTek for patent infringement of unnamed technology
Huawei reportedly sues MediaTek to collect royalties for patents used by MediaTek's processors.
Nvidia cuts GeForce Now pricing in half — Priority and Ultimate memberships 50% off for a limited time
Nvidia knocked 50% off the price of its Priority and Ultimate memberships for a limited time. Pricing starts at $4.99, which is nearly on par with the cost of Nvidia's day passes.
One of the first home computers resurrected — Raspberry Pi and 3D printing brings faux TRS-80 to life
One of the first home computers, the TRS-80 series inspired many of us. One maker has replicated the classic computer using modern hobbyist technology.
How to fix CrowdStrike BSODs in three minutes — fix requires manual changes, but they are simple
Here's how to fix the infamous CrowdStrike BSOD in under three minutes.
Enthusiast ejects failing Lenovo laptop keyboard, upgrades system with custom titanium case and mechanical keyboard
Marcin Plaza's old Lenovo Yoga laptop keyboard is about to give out - so he upgrades it by replacing the old keyboard with a low-profile mechanical one and a ordering a new titanium case.
Asus ProArt PA32UCXR Mini LED review: A precision instrument with reference-level color accuracy
Asus takes Mini LED technology to a new level with the ProArt PA32UCXR. This 4K IPS panel sports 2,304 dimming zones, 1,600 nits, and support for every color specification currently in use. It also calibrates itself and delivers reference-level accuracy.
Microsoft's new Xbox Game Pass Standard Tier is a 'degraded product' according to FTC
Microsoft Game Pass subscription prices are rising across the board and the FTC isn't happy about it, says Microsoft is exercising its market power post-merger with Activision-Blizzard.
Cytron Maker Uno RP2040 Review: Budget-focused board
Based upon the Raspberry Pi Pico's RP2040, but designed to resemble the classic Arduino Uno, Cytron's latest board takes aim at the low-cost end of the educators budget.
Micron unveils MRDIMMs for Intel Xeon 6: Up to 256GB DDR5-8800 modules
Micron's MRDIMMs wed maximum performance with maximum capacity for Intel Xeon 6 servers.
China memory maker YMTC sues Micron in the US — accuses Micron of infringing 11 of its patents
Chinese Yangtze Memory says Micron's memory infringers its patents, asks court to stop sales of Micron's 3D NAND in the U.S. and royalties.
Global IT issue strikes Windows machines, cause now linked to CrowdStrike software update
An apparent IT update is allegedly linked to a global IT outage for Microsoft Cloud services and BSoD
Windows 11 Update 23H2 is now in broad deployment after fixing critical bugs
Microsoft finally finishes launching Windows 11 Update 23H2, so any user who checks Windows Update can receive it.
Steam Deck, ROG Ally docking station has enough ports to turn your handheld into a part-time battlestation
Jsaux has a new docking station aimed directly at handheld gaming PCs sporting Type-C connectivity. The dock comes with six ports in total and can prop up handheld devices for desk use.
AMD's flagship Zen 5 desktop CPU impresses in new rendering benchmarks — Ryzen 9 9950X outperforms Ryzen 9 7950X by 24%
An AnandTech member benchmarked an engineering sample of AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X in Cinebench R23 at various power levels.
Grab the MSI Claw gaming handheld for one of the best prices available while it lasts
A Windows-based gaming handheld with powerful Intel hardware inside. The MSI Claw is one of the new kids on the block in the gaming handheld market.
AMD 3DNow! instructions finally extinct as LLVM compiler drops support
Over a decade after AMD stopped using 3DNow!, the LLVM compiler is dropping support for the instruction set.
Microsoft will soon implement Nvidia GeForce Now alongside Xbox Cloud Gaming for its first-party titles listed on Xbox.com
Xbox.com's Play With Cloud button will soon support Nvidia GeForce Now alongside Xbox Cloud Gaming (formerly Project xCloud).
AMD's biggest AI GPU booster adds support for Nvidia, too — Lamini AI preps memory tuning for Nvidia hardware
Lamini AI, which used to be AMD exclusive, now supports Nvidia CUDA GPUs too.
Nvidia transitioning to open-source GPU kernel modules for Linux — R560 and later default to open-source for Turing and newer graphics cards
Nvidia began transitioning its Linux GPU drivers to open-source two years ago, and is now completing that move.
The U.S. is building a chip packaging supply chain in Latin America
U.S. to assist Latin America in boosting its semiconductor assembly, testing, and packaging capabilities in Mexico, Panama, and Costa Rica.
Dev reports Intel's laptop CPUs are also suffering from crashing issues — several laptops have suffered similar failures in testing
Raptor Lake instability has reached the laptop segment. A new report has confirmed that Raptor Lake instability on the mobile side is nearly as bad as the desktop side, making this issue even more problematic than it already is.
AMD's fastest new laptop chip beats Apple M3 Max in single-core performance — Apple fires back at AMD's Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 in multi-core
Benchmark results indicate that the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 may be a beast of a processor for mobile devices.
New software lets you run a private AI cluster at home with networked smartphones, tablets, and computers — Exo software runs LLama and other AI models
The new experimental software clusters your smartphones, tablets, and computers into the equivalent of a high-powered AI GPU.
AMD's Zen 5 chips pack in 8.315 billion transistors per compute die, a 28% increase in density
AMD's Ryzen 9000 'Eldora' CCD has the same die size as Ryzen 7000 'Durango' CCD, but Ryzen AI 300 'Strix Point' is massively larger than Hawk Point.
AWS Graviton4 CPU benchmarked against AMD and Intel processors — faster than predecessors and more cost-effective
Amazon's Graviton4 processors bring significant performance advantages over its predecessors and can compete against AMD's EPYC 'Genoa' and Intel's Xeon 'Sapphire Rapids' in many workloads.
Transistors on NASA's Europa satellite can't handle space radiation, putting mission at risk — repair could require 'baking' the MOSFETS inside the satellite
The Infineon transistors NASA used on the Europa Clipper had a higher-than-expected failure rate when exposed to radiation. The agency now has to see how it will affect the Jupiter mission and what steps it should take to keep the satellite on schedule.
UK gov't invests $1.43 million in UltraRAM — new non-volatile memory is as fast as RAM, can store data for 1,000+ years
Quinas Technology gets $1.43 million to bring UltraRAM a little bit closer to mass production.
Enthusiast makes their own liquid nitrogen with readily available refrigeration components
Hyperspace Pirate on YouTube walks through his process of making liquid nitrogen with his homemade cryocooler
Tenstorrent's RISC-V-based Wormhole AI accelerators are available for pre-order today — pre-built workstations start at $12,000
AI hardware company Tenstorrent has announced its new Wormhole AI accelerators coming to sale. Two new PCIe card Dev Kits and two workstations featuring 8 new Wormhole chips are available for order or preorder today.
Acer EEC filing reveals Radeon RX 7900, 7800, and 7700 non-XT versions may be on the way
Acer filed a document listing non-XT versions of AMD's 7900, 7800, and 7700 GPUs, but AMD has yet to announce GPUs with these chips.
Prime Day Tech Deals Live Blog: Save on GPUs, monitors, SSDs and more — while you still can
We're sorting through all the savings on PC components and systems so you don't have to.
Best Hard Drives 2024: Our top HDD picks for desktop PCs, NAS, and more
We recommend the best hard drives for every need and budget based on our extensive lab tests.
Huge savings on 2TB SSDs with prices starting at 5 cents per GB -- while Prime Day deals last
The price-to-capacity sweet spot ratio for many - the best 2TB SSD deals currently available on Amazon Prime Days last day.
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